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At this point Oswald became aware of Joan coming out of the house towards him.
He looked at his watch. “Much too early yet, Joan,” he said.
“Yes, but I want to be meeting him,” said Mrs. Joan....
So they walked down to the station and waited for a long time on the platform. And Joan said very little to Oswald because she was musing pleasantly.
When the train came in neither Joan nor Peter took much notice of Oswald after the first greeting. I do not see what else he could have expected; they were deeply in love and they had been apart for a couple of weeks, they were excited by each other and engrossed in each other. Oswald walked beside them up the road—apart. “I’ve got some work,” he said abruptly in the hall. “See you at lunch,” and went into his study and shut the door upon them, absurdly disappointed.